Originally posted by lightnessThe Dark Hold stops time, not electronics and this is stated in the game sourcebook. I only mentioned it as a counter to Chaos Control. It is certainly not X and Zero's only winning card.
i theorize that dark hold only works on machines since all mm enemies are electronic. i'm not sure if it'll work on organic things but i guess it's their trump card if it does
I already proved how strong classic Mega Man is; his feats of lifting a portion of Skull Fortress from foundation level and tossing building sized robots more than trumps Shadow's semi-truck strength feat. X and Zero individually are stronger still than Mega Man, and therefore, Shadow.
The least of X and Zero's armaments include the ability to raise energy shields, go intangible, go invisible, reverse gravity, create black holes capable of swallowing energy blasts and matter, create Soul Body clones (think Bunshin no Jutsu), raise barriers that can freeze attackers on contact or drain their energy, fill the air or floors with acid, summon swarms of Phoenix-like creatures or past Maverick Hunters, slow time or stop it, or simply toss around ludicrously large energy blasts with terrifying rapidity. This is the short list of what X and Zero bring to the table and it does not include their ultimate forms.
Sonic and Shadow's only real advantage here is their speed, which can be countered by X and Zero's android reflexes, area attacks, time-stops, intangibility, and gravity control.